Wow, just got in a stupid car accident.

I was picking my friend up at his house and thumbing through my zune to get on Beat It by MJ, I back out as the song begin and we start talking. All is good until I hear a crunch. It was his bros car. His brothers car was fine, mine, however, got the left side of the bumper shattered (i live in MN and its -20 or somethin), its plastic so it froze and was like ice. Just a word of wisdom, be careful when you drive, because for simply not turning around and looking where I was going its probably gonna cost 300+ to replace the bumper, when I get it replaced in the summer :PManutebecker

Well, generally you're suppose to look where you're driving... :?helium_flash

l2drivedrucom

Well, generally you're suppose to look where you're driving... :?helium_flash

I went into a ditch after making a really fast left turn. Bumper got completely torn off and cost me $1000 to repair. All my friends made fun of me for it and they still do and this happened a year and a half ago.

Consider yourself lucky, lmao.

I went into a ditch after making a really fast left turn. Bumper got completely torn off and cost me $1000 to repair. All my friends made fun of me for it and they still do and this happened a year and a half ago.

Consider yourself lucky, lmao.

I went into a ditch after making a really fast left turn. Bumper got completely torn off and cost me $1000 to repair. All my friends made fun of me for it and they still do and this happened a year and a half ago.

Consider yourself lucky, lmao.

[QUOTE="drucom"]l2driveManutebecker

stop listening to Mickaeeel jackson.. thats the moral of the story. nimatoad2000

[QUOTE="helium_flash"]Well, generally you're suppose to look where you're driving... :?hokies1313

Pro drawing skills here.

Bio_Spark

Pro drawing skills here.

Bio_Spark

thank god you didnt hit a pedestrian or anything else with a beating pulse.

I dont think there´s any need to point out the flaws of your way, afterall, you seem to acknowledge the stupidity behind it.

glad you didnt get hurt.

Pro drawing skills here.

Bio_Spark

That is a funny picture. :lol:

TC- I am glad you are alright. :)

Its funny how many accidents are caused by stupidity/absent-mindedness. You dont even have to be a smart driver; just be aware and not stupid.

Sorry TC, I am not speaking to you specifically just in general.

Like Ive been in two accidents. The most recent was a legitimate accident (They do happen, believe it or not) but the first accident was something stupid.

So I was driving and came to an intersection. The light turned yellow about 20 before I entered the intersection so I rightly continued on my way, as braking would cause me to screech into the intersection, and back up.

But I suddenly see this car on the right side pulling right into my lane, so I look to my left and swerve into the inside lane. Fortunately it wasnt a collision we just grazed eachother, but when I pulled over this is what the old lady said:

"Your light was yellow so it was OK to pull out. Can I get your insurance information?"

I just stared at here, and this was in high school when I was playing football and I had my beanie hat on so I kinda looked scary Im sure. So I replied

"Ma'am, my light may have been yellow, but your light was red. Furthermore, had I stopped, I would have to slam my breaks and would have ended in the intersection. That is the whole purpose of yellow lights; to give notice to people with time to stop so they can stop, and to let people for whom its too late to stop time to get through"

So we exchanged numbers and about a week later she calls and is like "Hello, this is the lady you hit. You owe me 1200 dollars." So I couldnt believe it and since I was 16 at the time I hand the phone over to my mom and the old lady tells my mom that her husband is sick and they cant afford blah blah blah and that their car wont get fixed, so natureally my mom starts to cry so I take the phone and I tell the old lady "Listen, please dont make my mom cry. You are lucky I dont ask you for money since you were at fault, but there is no structural damage to my car only a scrape so I can overlook this. Do you understand?"

And the lady hung up and never heard from it again.

Thats when I learned old people dont deserve any more respect than young folks.

Well, generally you're suppose to look where you're driving... :?helium_flash

I was picking my friend up at his house and thumbing through my zune to get on Beat It by MJ, I back out as the song begin and we start talking. All is good until I hear a crunch. It was his bros car. His brothers car was fine, mine, however, got the left side of the bumper shattered (i live in MN and its -20 or somethin), its plastic so it froze and was like ice. Just a word of wisdom, be careful when you drive, because for simply not turning around and looking where I was going its probably gonna cost 300+ to replace the bumper, when I get it replaced in the summer :PManutebecker

There are 2 things you were doing wrong. 1) Listening to Zune. 2) Talking. :| You don't do other things while driving, because that's what happens. :P_LiquidFlame_

Its funny how many accidents are caused by stupidity/absent-mindedness. You dont even have to be a smart driver; just be aware and not stupid.

Sorry TC, I am not speaking to you specifically just in general.

Like Ive been in two accidents. The most recent was a legitimate accident (They do happen, believe it or not) but the first accident was something stupid.

So I was driving and came to an intersection. The light turned yellow about 20 before I entered the intersection so I rightly continued on my way, as braking would cause me to screech into the intersection, and back up.

But I suddenly see this car on the right side pulling right into my lane, so I look to my left and swerve into the inside lane. Fortunately it wasnt a collision we just grazed eachother, but when I pulled over this is what the old lady said:

"Your light was yellow so it was OK to pull out. Can I get your insurance information?"

I just stared at here, and this was in high school when I was playing football and I had my beanie hat on so I kinda looked scary Im sure. So I replied

"Ma'am, my light may have been yellow, but your light was red. Furthermore, had I stopped, I would have to slam my breaks and would have ended in the intersection. That is the whole purpose of yellow lights; to give notice to people with time to stop so they can stop, and to let people for whom its too late to stop time to get through"

So we exchanged numbers and about a week later she calls and is like "Hello, this is the lady you hit. You owe me 1200 dollars." So I couldnt believe it and since I was 16 at the time I hand the phone over to my mom and the old lady tells my mom that her husband is sick and they cant afford blah blah blah and that their car wont get fixed, so natureally my mom starts to cry so I take the phone and I tell the old lady "Listen, please dont make my mom cry. You are lucky I dont ask you for money since you were at fault, but there is no structural damage to my car only a scrape so I can overlook this. Do you understand?"

And the lady hung up and never heard from it again.

Thats when I learned old people dont deserve any more respect than young folks.

mrbojangles25

I was picking my friend up at his house and thumbing through my zune to get on Beat It by MJ, I back out as the song begin and we start talking. All is good until I hear a crunch. It was his bros car. His brothers car was fine, mine, however, got the left side of the bumper shattered (i live in MN and its -20 or somethin), its plastic so it froze and was like ice. Just a word of wisdom, be careful when you drive, because for simply not turning around and looking where I was going its probably gonna cost 300+ to replace the bumper, when I get it replaced in the summer :PManutebecker

No joke. The temperature is -7 with wind chill -24, in minnesota, I live here too and it is terrible, this morning it was negative 15 degrees. And its snowing, badly

[QUOTE="mrbojangles25"]

Its funny how many accidents are caused by stupidity/absent-mindedness. You dont even have to be a smart driver; just be aware and not stupid.

Sorry TC, I am not speaking to you specifically just in general.

Like Ive been in two accidents. The most recent was a legitimate accident (They do happen, believe it or not) but the first accident was something stupid.

So I was driving and came to an intersection. The light turned yellow about 20 before I entered the intersection so I rightly continued on my way, as braking would cause me to screech into the intersection, and back up.

But I suddenly see this car on the right side pulling right into my lane, so I look to my left and swerve into the inside lane. Fortunately it wasnt a collision we just grazed eachother, but when I pulled over this is what the old lady said:

"Your light was yellow so it was OK to pull out. Can I get your insurance information?"

I just stared at here, and this was in high school when I was playing football and I had my beanie hat on so I kinda looked scary Im sure. So I replied

"Ma'am, my light may have been yellow, but your light was red. Furthermore, had I stopped, I would have to slam my breaks and would have ended in the intersection. That is the whole purpose of yellow lights; to give notice to people with time to stop so they can stop, and to let people for whom its too late to stop time to get through"

So we exchanged numbers and about a week later she calls and is like "Hello, this is the lady you hit. You owe me 1200 dollars." So I couldnt believe it and since I was 16 at the time I hand the phone over to my mom and the old lady tells my mom that her husband is sick and they cant afford blah blah blah and that their car wont get fixed, so natureally my mom starts to cry so I take the phone and I tell the old lady "Listen, please dont make my mom cry. You are lucky I dont ask you for money since you were at fault, but there is no structural damage to my car only a scrape so I can overlook this. Do you understand?"

And the lady hung up and never heard from it again.

Thats when I learned old people dont deserve any more respect than young folks.

morpheusnj

I know for a while I thought she was trying to scam me or something, but I guess she was just old and stupid, or playing the old geezer pity card.

Anyway, I dont hate old people. I just realized they dont deserve any more respect than the rest of us. Many cultures would disagree with me, but hey...experience has proven me right.